► ValidateContent Component

One thing that Oracle UCM doesn't provide out of the box is a way to prevent content, based on file type and size, from being checked in. I never got around to implementing a solution in the past, but after seeing a constant need for it on the OTN Forums (1, 2, etc), I finally decided to set aside some time to create a component to do just that.

My ValidateContent component uses the validateStandard filter, has its own tracing section, and can also check for empty/blank metadata values. You can find it on my Docs & Files page; just be sure to look at readme.txt for help on configuring it for your needs.

Any suggestions and/or bugs, please leave a comment. Good luck.

► mdaw Directory Explained!

The mdaw folders are created based on the 'dispersion rule' of the your FileStore (Administration » Providers » FileStore Info » Edit FileStore » Edit [default] Storage Rule). Basically this rule helps separate your content by storing them into multiple directories.

The default rule is $dRevClassID[-9:-6:0:b]/$dRevClassID[-6:-3:0:b], which basically takes two 3-digit substrings of dRevClassID and encodes it into a Base64 string.

► Collapse empty/blank FCKEditor elements

By default, a contribution region has all its elements expanded when it loads. Depending on the number of elements you have, this can take up valuable screen real estate or even cause excessive scrolling. It can be particularly frustrating if an element is rarely used and takes up half the screen, such as a dynamiclist element that returns zero results.

If you use FCKEditor, however, you're in luck. Simply download and enable my CollapseFCKElements component (found on my Docs & Files page), and all empty/blank and optional elements are automatically collapsed upon load!

Ideally, I would like to have component configuration variables that allow you to control when an element becomes collapsed (ie. CollapseTextElement=true). However, I'm not sure how to pass them to or read them from the javascript files. Any suggestions (or requests), please leave a comment or email me.